Anchoring means for the canopy of a combination sun shade and clothes drier



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ATTORNEY Patented June 3, 1952 ANGHORING FOR THE eANlory oF A COMBINATION sUN SHADE AND oLornEs Hzrry L. S'Grin, New York, N. Y., 120

Dry-Orishadef, Inc., New York, N. JY., a'enr'lmvration of .New York ApplcatonMarch 11, 1950 Serial No. 149,200

(Cl. l 211'-'1.72)

3 Claims.

'This invention relates to `anci'ioririg means .for the canopy fof a combination `son shade and clothes drier.

With .a rcombination `stm shade and `clothes drier, :arms pivotally 'connected to the main post and extending radially therefrom .are generally upon Thot. only to rsuppont the clothes `line 'sections but also :the canopy. Diiiicu'lty has been encountered in view `thereof to ,properly anchor the ycanopy .in place without disturbing the clothes :line sections. To this end it is an object of the .present invention Lto ,providevan improved anchoring means which includes :bra-ckets secured to the inner face of the :canopy and ns extending upwardly from the arms :so that the clothes line sections may extend through openings -in vthe fins; and the brackets in turn, when it is desi-red` to position the vcanopy in place, may be secured- -to the :iins without interfering in any way with the clothes line sections.

It is a further .objeetfo-f the present invention toprovide an improvedmeans vfor anchoring the canopy or awning yof a combination sun shade and clothes drier to the arms of a support 'such as disclosed in my'co-pending application for patent, Ser..No..149,199, executed contemporaneously herewith, including ns extending upwardly from arms pi-votally connected to the main post, brackets secured to the inner faces of the canopy, and -set screws lon said brackets virictionally to engage said ns.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an improved means of the character described by means of which a canopycan, with facility, lbe secu-red. place when the oombination shade and clothes Idrier is #to .be used mainly as -a -sun shade; `and which can .in tum, with facility, be manipulated to vfree la -greater or lesser .part of the canopy as desired without entirely removing 'the canopy from the supporting frame when the :clothes line sections or part 4'of them .are to .be used for drying clothes.

.These :and other features, lcapabilities .andadvantages of the present invention will appear from the subjoined detailed description thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a fragmental enlarged side elevation partly in section showing means for anchoring the canopy in place.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a combination sun shade and clothes drier with the canopy anchored in part and liberated and moved up in part.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged -fragmental perspective showing 'the means "for securing the anchoring bracket to the canopy. I

Fig. 5 isl la "fragmented side Yelevationshow-lng the pivotal' connection between l`the arm and the post.

Fig. 6 -is va lfragmentna'vl lside-e'flevationof the enter end -of an arm with its associated extension shown in full lines contracted .position shown `in dash Yand dot "lines in extended 'positien.

In the embodiment-shown 'a plurality of .arms `I are pivotally connected "to a ibracket 2 the post 3. :These arms jI, see Fig. "2, have acharnbered portion l Afrom the -upper'web there extends the n 5. "-Ihe r-iin 5 is provided with'a lpluralityof openings preferably provided with :eyelets or grommets to y-theelothes line sections 1. The also serves as-thelbutment for set screw 8V screw threadedly 4eennected to thebracket.

The bracket 9 -in the present instance-is vided' with a 'base |50 having lan elongatedplate portion II anda short'plate portion 'Hmanelihaving intermedia-'te thereof the parallel pleite por-'- tions I3 and I4 extending normal or substans tial-ly vertical 5to .theplate -ILI `and In the present instance, the Lseit screw f8 `is screw threadedly connected the plate 'portion "I8, se that 'the 'tree -end of 'the vset screw 8, see 'Fig'. *2., may engage vthe iin f5 Iand rictionally' clamp-it against the platezportion illi.

Thebracket 9 is ser'zured'V to -t-he canopy 1 5 'which is substantially rectangular' in outlinef'inithe Vpres= ent `linstance, having an apron I*I 6 extending from the ffre'e edge thereof, andan opening inthemiddie to V'receive the cap II of the post 3. lFor 'securing the :brackets 9 to the canopy I5, four lengths |18 ofcloth lare -secured'to'the inner *face of ithe canopy I5 in alinement with 4the arms "I. The Vierfgths I8, see Fig. '4, each rhave one portion =I9 vengaging the inner face of "the canopy I5 and two ria-ps v21) and 2| folded over upon thejpon tion Ii-5I, and vthen secnrec 'to 'the lcarmpy Ii `by two pairs of parallel rows of Stitches '-'22 vand 2%, the iap 20 substantially corresponding to the plate II in length and the iiap 2| substantially corresponding to the plate portion I2 in length. Obviously the stitches 22 and 23 will be made after the bracket 9 has been positioned on the portion I9 to insure a snug iit and securely anchor the bracket 9 in place on the canopy I5, so that it cannot be removed without removing the stitches.

The length I8 and bracket 9 will be positioned on the canopy I5, see particularly Fig. 1, so that a part of the plate portion I I will extend beyond the end of the arm I and thus spacing apron I6 V from the end of arm I so that the control finger 24 of the device for anchoring the arm extension in place will be freely accessible as shown 1 in Fig. 1, even when the canopy I5 is anchored i tion shown in Fig. 1, so as to minimize the likelihood of accidentally actuating the finger 24 to release the extension 25. The extension 25 shown l in cross section in Fig. 2 has a fln 26 extending upwardly therefrom, an enlargement 21 Ywith ings having grommets 33 `to receive the clothes l linesections 34. In the present instance, the extension 25 has only two such grommets 33 `to receive clothes line sections 34.

to receive the downwardly extending projection 31 of the fingerV 24. 'Ihe finger 24 extends beyond the outer end ofthe arm I so that the same may be depressed to actuate the finger 24` about its pivot pin 38 to raise the `projection 31 out of a notch 35 or 36. When the projection31 is disposed in the outermost notch 35 of the extension 25, the extension will be` in the retracted position shown in Fig. 1 andin the full line posil Vtion ,shown in Fig. 6. In turn, when the projec- The n 26 is provided with two recesses jor notches 35 and 36 tion 31 rests in the innermostrecess 36 of the extension 25, the extension 25 will be disposed in the outermost or extended positionrindicated vin l the dash and dot line positionshown in Fig. 6. The pin 38 on which the nger24 is pivotally i i mounted, see Fig. 6, extends through the `side walls of the chambered portion 4 of the arm I.

,Y Obviously if the extended portion of the V1in-ger 24 is depressed until after the projection 31 clears the recessy 36, the extension 25 maybe entirely removed from slidable arrangement with the arm 4.

A From the foregoing, it will appear that the fin 32 of the extension 25 constitutes a supplement for the fin 5 to support the clothes line sections V34 which are supplemental to the clothes line sections 1,`and that the chambered portion 4 ofA the arm I not only serves as the support for the upwardly extending rfin 5, integralV therewith, but

by means of its inwardly extending ledges 30 and 3l also serves as a slidable support for the supplemental fin 32 in which case advantage istaken of the stationary position of the fin 5 for an anchor by the bracket 9, and that the location of the plate I I of the bracket 9 in outstretched position of the canopy I4, extending as it does beyond the free end of the arm I, not only facilitates access tothe finger 24 before the canopy I5 israised, but also spaces the apron I6 of the canopy I5 from Ythe finger 24 so that it will not be molested by; the same to effect its accidental removal.

It is obvious that variouschanges and modiications may be made to the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. 1 v

Iclaim: Y

1. In a combination sun shade and clothes drier, the combination of a post, supporting arms pivotally connected to said post to enable them to extend outwardly therefrom, a canopy extending across saidV arms and supported thereby, brackets secured to the inner face of the canopy in alinement with the arms, said arms each comprising a chambered portion with opposing inwardly extending ledges at its lower face and a fin extending upwardly from its upper face, there being openings in said n to receive clothes line sections, an extension for each arm having an enlargement slidably mounted on said ledges and a downwardly extending fin,. said downwardly extending n having openings therein to receive clothes line sections, a control finger pivotally connected to the outer Vend. of eacharm and having a portion extending beyond the free end of its associatedr arm, said control VfingerY adapted to anchor said extension in extended orV withdrawn position relative to its associated arm, and means for frictionally anchoring saidbra'ckets to said upwardly extending ns, one bracket for each arm, `said brackets in outermost position on said arms extending beyond the free ends of said arms to support `said canopy clear of said control fingers.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 in which said extension has an upwardly extending fin having Ynotches therein,'and said control Vfinger has a projection at one end thereof to engage a selected one of said notches to Yanchor said extension in place in its associated arm. Y 3. 'Ihe combination as set forth in'claii'n 1 in which the outer portionof each bracket extending beyond its associated arm constitutes a plate portion. Y l

HARRY L. GRIFFIN.

REFERENCES CITED Y' The following references'are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES yPATENTS Number Date Germany v Oct. 2, 1933 

